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A new triennial celebrates age before beauty

To Generations X and Y, the New Museum’s latest show proposes its own addition: Generation J. Younger Than Jesus, the first edition of the museum’s new Generational triennial, features the work of 50 emerging artists from around the globe, all under the age of 33. The work exhibited is a genre-hopping assemblage, with no shortage of pieces from the head-scratching camp, like Daniel Keller and Nik Kosmas’ OMG Obelisk (pictured). Our favorite, though (and not just because we’re into clothes), is Liu Chuang’s Buying Everything on You, for which the artist approached L.E.S.-ers, negotiated a price for all their clothes, and assembled them on a table in the exhibition. The show, says curator Laura Hoptman, "examines the entire notion of generations and how they may or may not relate to contemporary art." And commerce, apparently.

The Generational: Younger Than Jesus runs through June 14 at the New Museum, 235 Bowery, NYC, (212) 219-1222, www.newmuseum.org